Backing Up QNAP Plex Media Server

Plex Media Server NAS & Devices
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I’ve spent a couple of days attempting to find a way to back up the Plex Media Server installed on my QNAP TS-253A. My search was not entirely successful, there were many threads giving partial advice but I couldn’t find a single definitive answer.

Eventually I decided to write my own script that can be run by adding a command line to crontab. The Plex Library folder is copied to Data/Plex Media Server Backup folder. If you can make use of it the script is attached.

Mike

QNAP Rsync Plex Backup Shell Script V1 (plex_rsync.sh).txt (2.0 KB)

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Interesting.
There is alot of info on the QNAP FAQ.

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are you looking for cloud-based backup as well? if so, backblaze.com has a NAS subscription available now.

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Nice thanks for taking the time to share your script.
Because you accepted the default volume name but that’s not consistent
across a user base, the Plex articles suggest inspecting for the install directory,

getcfg -f /etc/config/qpkg.conf PlexMediaServer Install_path

Cheers

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